2.7" Asaphus Broeggeri Trilobite - Earliest Russian Asaphid

Asaphus Broeggeri Trilobite - Earliest Russian Asaphid #127818

This is a 2.7" long example the earliest species of Russian Asaphid trilobite, Asaphus broeggeri. This is a rarely seen species. There is about 3-4% shell restoration along a repaired crack running diagonally through the body.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.

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